A Raging Peanut.

The Kyle Gass Band Live at Skinny's NoHo with the Raging Peanuts this Wednesday!! FREE SHOW BEFORE 9!!

2011-11-14T23:26:00.000-08:00

The Kyle Gass Band is playing at one of our favorite venues, Skinny's Lounge here in our home of NoHo, and we get to open for them!!!

Show up to see us at 9PM and get in FREE for the whole night!!! Tix are required at 9:30, but not if you've already been there Ragin' with us!! Skinny's is the BEST!!

Here is the info on the Skinny's Website.

See you there, Ninjas!

Opening for Kyle Gass Band at Skinny's NoHo on Wednesday at 8:45!!!

2011-11-13T00:24:00.001-08:00

OMG! The Raging Peanuts are so thrilled to learn that we get to open for Kyle Gass Band this upcoming Wednesday, November 16th! Come see us at 8:45 at one of our favorite venues, Skinny's NoHo, and if you're there before 9:30, you can stay to see Kyle Gass Band for FREE, TOO!!!!

Yaaaaaay!!

See you there, Ninjas!! LOVE YOU SO MUCH!

Viper Room! Sunset Strip! Go download the whole show for free NOW, FOO! :)

Viper Room Mainstage CD Release Party, Crabble Dabble Entertainment Expands! Book Christmas Singers for Your Parties!

2011-11-11T22:27:00.000-08:00

Wow! It appears I haven't blogged since getting the puppies! I'm sure you all understand. ;) They've even been doing some rapping... watch out for 3 Dawgg Knyyght, y'all!

Big things have been happening for the Peanuts, and my sophomore solo album is underway as well! We had an incredible show at the Viper Room thanks to the Codega Group (we love you, Jaclyn Strong!!), and even got to bring some of our favorite bands with us!

(You can download the WHOLE TRP VIPER ROOM SHOW FOR FREE!!! Peanuts.Bandcamp.com)

Which brings us to the BIG, BIG NEWS!!! My company, Crabble Dabble Entertainment, is expanding!!! We have several powerhouse bands joining our record label, and we will also begin servicing events with live performers of said bands (mix 'n' match to the client's content!)... best part? Our clients will be able to choose which songs we will cover!! So book your holiday parties NOW! :)

On Tuesday, we have the honor of playing at NoHo Rockin' Arts Association Presents Mike and Brian's 2 Year Anniversary at one of our favorite venues, Skinny's!! It's a FREE SHOW starting at 8pm with tons of amazing artists, so we sure hope to see you there!! We'd love to get to know all of you better! :)

Skinny's NoHo is located at 4923 Lankershim Blvd.

Tomorrow I have an audition on the CBS Lot for a show about relationships where I'd bring my musical improvisation and keyboarding skills to the table! Wish me broken legs! :)

Thank you all SO MUCH for EVERYTHING YOU DO!!!! Best wishes for great days and nights filled with incredible dreams-- take control of them! :)

"WICKED" BROADWAY AUDITION! RAGE AGAINST AUTISM BENEFIT SHOW! FOSTER PUPS!

2011-05-05T22:39:00.000-07:00

Hey, everyone!

Crazy week, mega short on time... go listen to Langdon Nation to hear all about the new puppies my fellow Raging Peanut and I could not part with!! We're technically fostering for now, but would love any donations to put toward the adoption fees!!!! THANKS!!

We ALSO recently had the privilege of 'casting LIVE from the RED CARPET of "RIFT"!!!! Go hear the show NOW! It's totally free, and you can subscribe free on iTunes, too!!!! LANGDON NATION RULES!!!!

SUPREME THANKS to everyone who wished me well on the big day when I auditioned for "WICKED" on Broadway!!!! So many beautiful, talented people there, but I sang my heart out and had a blast regardless of the outcome!! I am so thankful to be doing what I love, and have only the highest of hopes for the future!!! :) I love you all, and wish only the best for you as well!

The Peanuts are playing a benefit show for Rage Against Autism on Saturday, May 7th at M Bar!!! It would mean SO MUCH to us to have you there.

And, of course, we have our residency at Universal Bar & Grill in Studio City!!!! COME RAGE WITH US! It's FREEEEEEE!

MUCH LOVE FROM ALLLLLLLL THE PEANUTS!!

just had to share a little e.e. tonight

2011-03-17T01:42:00.000-07:00

e.e. cummings - i carry your heart with me

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

<3

TRP & DJ Nice on the PGP, at UBG, and the R Bar with Byron Blocker and the Offbeats!!

2011-02-24T13:03:00.001-08:00

So much happening!

We hung out with our super cool pals, Randy and Gina, over at the Wang Hang! Go to their website to listen, or subscribe free on iTunes!!!!

I just invaded the PGP again this morning... 'cause our buddy DJ Nice made his PGP debut!!! You can listen now for free!!!

The Raging Peanuts Live at R Bar with Byron Blocker and the Offbeats

We're opening for our friends, Byron Blocker and the Offbeats!! THEY ARE AMAZING!!! You have GOT to come to this show, man!

It's free! It's Byron's birthday! It's a CD RELEASE PARTY! Come be a part of history!!

And SuperRockShowSundays are still kickin' at Universal Bar & Grill!! See you on Sunday night!!! Check out our website for more information!! :)

We also had SOOO MUCH FUN at the Pretty Good Bingo Party at the Draft and Puff with the Potcast on Presidents' Day!!!!! We have such amazingly talented and fun friends!!

The Peanuts love you! Spread some joy!

The Raging Peanuts live in the LBC! Puka Bar!! FREE SHOW with Burn On Dakota, Catch the Fallen, and Brown Rukus!

2011-01-18T23:50:00.001-08:00

Puka Bar in Long Beach! Come rage with the Peanuts for free!!!!

Free Concert in Los Angeles at Universal Bar and Grill by The Raging Peanuts!! Tennessee Trouble, James Biskey, and Trever Hopper!

2011-01-14T05:26:00.001-08:00

Universal Bar & Grill! Live Music! The Raging Peanuts Present Tennessee Trouble, James Biskey, Trever Hopper, and... ourselves!

See ya at the RAGER!

Viper Room Audition, NYC / "WICKED" / Off-Broadway Audition, THE RAGING PEANUTS, and MORE!

2011-01-05T01:30:00.000-08:00

Wow, so exhausted, yet exhilarated! Life has been a wonderful whirlwind!

Albert is conked out, curled up with Ambellina.

My bandmate is conked out in the other room, but I won't post a picture. No one needs to see that. ;P

Bill Mahoney and Langdon Bosarge have taken me under their wings, and for this, I could not be more grateful.

Every single day lately have been AMAZING Hollywood Days! :)

My dear friend, Bill Mahoney, of the INSANELY AWESOME "BILL SHOW" (check it out now! free and GREAT, GREAT, GREAT!), treated me to the MOST AMAZING HAIRCUT EVER!!!!

Seriously. Celebrity Stylist and all-around amazing human being, Hector Pocasangre, has changed my life! Seriously. Photos to come!

We had a super productive week on many fronts, including auditioning at the Viper Room (holds a VERY special place in my heart for so many reasons, including it being the first venue I was ever booked in LA, thanks to them changing the VIP room downstairs into an acoustic room!). We even gave a little impromptu concert on the sidewalk right there on Sunset Blvd. for Chris, who is super duper cool, everyone waiting in line to apply for all the bar/cocktail/etc positions, and everyone who passed by! It felt awesome, and we made a lot of great new friends!

We even had some of our Solid Gold Gallery 'Nuts with us! So great to spend the day with Joe Panameno and Mike Hallmark!! They always add a little sparkle to every event. Joe in his three piece suit. Mike in his hat. I can't believe I didn't take any pictures!

I really have so many people to thank that I cannot even fathom it... so at the risk of leaving people out, I just have to simply say thank you so much to all of you. Thank you to every single person in the world, because, really, we're all connected. The world may have some troubles, but if you take a second to look around, we are really pretty cool. I mean, we've created some amazing things, and that is something to be proud of! :)

"Never follow a Hippie to a second location." --Jack Donaghy, "30 Rock" (Best show ever.)

Very soon... I'm off to NYC to visit my sister (both by blood and from Wellesley College), Theresa Pascoe! She's taking me to see the lovely Ms. Mandy Gonzalez in "WICKED"!!! YES! That very same day, we get to see the closing of "In the Heights"!!!! WITH Lin_Manuel!!!!!!!!! :O

Two days later, I audition for an Off-Broadway show!!! The BEST ACTING COACH IN THE WORLD took the time to work out my new song... inspired by the best story ever... wait for it. ;)

There WILL be a show Monday night in NYC... even if it's just 2 songs. Hit me up if you want me to message you the deets personally as they arise!

Can't wait to share more and more when we get another free second!

In the meantime, go subscribe for free to Langdon Nation on iTunes to hear all the dirt!

So much love, always,
The Raging Peanuts

Universal Bar & Grill and David Daskal host The Raging Peanuts, give me motion... SO MUCH! Langdon Nation Podcast and Holiday Cheer!

2010-12-23T03:57:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas from the Raging Peanuts, give me motion, Nice Peter, David Daskal, and many others involved in the creation of the magic right here:

Sick or not, the Peanuts must rage. And rage we did on Saturday evening at the Universal Bar & Grill, our "living room" as Dances with iPhone would say.

So many thanks to the multi-talented Dante Cimadamore of give me motion, who ever-so-sweetly allowed me to sing our buddy, Nice Peter's part in "Christmas With You" in the video above! He actually trusted me with a mic without any practice beforehand-- yeeee-ahhhh!!

If you're in the mood for some really amazing music, we highly suggest you check out give me motion at immediately! And let's be honest, who isn't in the mood for some really amazing music?

Many extra special thanks to my bootleggah, "Dances with iPhone" haha, we have a good time here in PeanutLand. That sounds about right... yeah? We've been thinking about doing a PeanutCast for quite a long while now... what do you think? Should we? If so, I'm bringin' the bootleggah! And there shall be great... things.

Oh my goodness, so many things have been happening lately.

"What's your dream?!"

The Raging Peanuts are living our dreams... in fact, we almost feel like reality IS a dream, because so many amazing, magical things have been happening to us. We cannot even begin to tell you everything, but please know that insanely great things are coming!

Okay...

Time to chill for one second and thank some people who deserve it.

Things have been so absolutely nuts (no pun intended... PEANUT pun-- get your head out of the gutter!)... right. Is this an episode of Langdon Nation? Synergy-- so much coming!

MANY THANKS go out to the following people immediately (in no particular order):

LANGDON BOSARGE and everyone at HotTalkLA, especially Jack Sullivan and Sammy Phillips! What a beautiful podcast world we live in! :) OODLES of love and thanks to Bill Mahoney of the Bill Show and the wonderful TAJ MAHONEY!!! We highly recommend you listen!!! More special shouts to other 'casters we adore: Dina Martinez and Gregg Potter, Nuzzy and the Guy, Randy Wang and Gina Grad of the Pretty Good Podcast, Between the Sheets (especially the lovely Terri Nunn-- always a pleasure to see you!), and so many more! Too many to list-- we love all the other 'casters out there!

More thanks David Daskal of the super fun band Xyzyx for setting up the show at Universal Bar & Grill this past Saturday, where the sickly Peanuts RAGED with the super sexy and legendary PINKY behind the bar! We love her so much-- she even brought cookies (YUM!), and we also have so much love for the beautiful, hilarious Megan McCarthy and spectacularly spunky KellieAnn!!! Please, someone, get me the correct spelling of her name, because I see it different all the time!

Big ol' shouts to Super Listener Ned Bosik, who traveled all the way from San Jose to RAGE WITH THE PEANUTS, chill with our OUTRAGEOUSLY AWESOME friends, Randy Wang and Gina Grad on one of our all-time favorite podcasts, THE PRETTY GOOD PODCAST!!! AND he even joined us with AMERICA'S GAY BEST FRIEND, Langdon Bosarge on LANGDON NATION!!!!

Okay, shouts to the max to Ned Bosik. "For realsies"-- as they say on... some show Joel McHale makes fun of. ;)

This dude is the dude. heh. Maybe he's The Dude? Go listen to him on the PGP RIGHT NOW... AND on Langdon Nation! Subscribe to all these fine shows for FREE on iTunes!

Sean Peotter-- thanks for all the support and always comin' out to the shows! Can't wait to see "Hair" with you!! YEAH!! Rock on, man!! :)

MICHAEL RUTT, photographer extraordinaire!!! We have SO MANY things to thank you for, but a picture is worth a thousand words:

We love you. THANKS A MILLION KAJILLION!! There are SO MANY MORE amaaaaazaling pictures coming soon from this amazing man!

We also have to thank the awesome and energetic Niantic, especially the dear and fun Ryan Trask and Fish Nate Olms (special thanks and shout to our mutual friend, Lauren Foulk), Ms. Adrienn Péter (you are too much fun!), also to the darling and talented Juliette B. Reiss... where are those keys?! :( I sure hope they turned up. Love you so much, and I'm so glad you got to meet my amazing best friend, Melissa Winn, who deserves more thanks than I can ever muster for being the best patron of the arts, big sister, and all that jazz! Another special thanks to a very close and long-time friend, Ms. Ashley Pierson!! We love you SO MUCH, and hope you're having a terrific Christmas!! :)

As everyone at the show knows, the Peanuts were sick. Melissa brought me tons o' medicine yesterday and I am feeling much better! :) Lucky Cory has a great immune system, haha. :P

Oh, so many more amazing bands played with us at UBG on Saturday night! Dreamwheel Eclipse-- soooo groovy! I am thrilled that we got to be on a bill with such fantabulous artists that I would pay big money to go see! We also got to dance and thrash to Dialtone! Paul Orea and the rest of the band are SO awesome!! YAY!

I am SO thrilled to have been able to debut (with David and the great UBG) an act that I see REALLY huge things for: SEAN SORENSON AND THE TENNESSEE TROUBLE!!! They were so great! Sean and Nate Messina blow my mind grapes with the blending of their voices! All the bands were amazing, and I sure hope you were there!

Super huge thanks to Darren Kordosky for always being so supportive, fun, sweet, and an all-around amazing dude. Mr. Tony Santiago, you are winning so many bonus points with the Peanuts and the Nation! Coming in as not only videographer, but board op and Ton' of all Trades! We are so blown away, and cannot wait to see the videos and the other surprises in store for the Peanut Gallery and Nation thanks to you!!!! WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!

THIS JUST IN!!! A video from Tony of the Mash-up!! It's called "A Moment in Time"-- because we chose these songs specifically since they were all on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart at the same time (end of October). Thank you so much for bringing your marvelous friend, Mandy!!

More thanks to Adam Sears of Xyzyx and the lovely Karman Kruschke, such a cute couple (much like Adamacadocious and Danielle Garcia-- we can't wait to see y'all again soon-- big things in the works!), thanks for partying with us-- Karman, you are a performer's dream! Cute hat, cute smiles, great energy, YUMMERIFIC COOKIES?!!! Did Santa bring you for us? Hehee. Thank you so much! :) Seriously, you really added so much to the evening, and we cannot thank you enough! :)

Mark Lee from the Crysta Show was there with his slick buddy Armond!! :) Crysta gave Mark a great Christmas present, as you may have heard on our latest podcast, and let him take over her show! Who did he bring? Langdon, Double D, and ME!!!! I sang "Need You Now" for him... whoa... ;)

Here's a video!

Mark also helped soooooo much at our red carpet anniversary party for the podcast, and we can never stop thanking him enough! THANKS, MARK!!!! :)

More thanks to WP Bill... heh. Thanks, man. Always be a prince! Michael Hallmark, Tom Coz, Andres Martinez and Nicole-- your energy and awesomeness adds SO MUCH to everything! We can't thank you enough for being there!

Frixus... you guys are SOOOOOOOOOO GREAT!!!! Thank you so much for the CD swap!!! We are REALLY loving your tunes!!! You are all exceptional human beings, and we are glad to know you! :)

More love and thanks to Valeriy Clownzee Di Bella-- HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! You are SOOOO COOL!!!!! Your package should be arriving soonish! :) HUGE thanks to Edwin Enrique (now is that your last name, or just 'cause you're like him in a lot of awesome ways? haha) and Johnny Canales for always being so amazing helpful and funny and great!! Also thanks to our amazing friends: Frank Howell, Joe Panameno, Susanna Sorenson, James Biskey, Derek Nowicki, Rick Maxson, Ricky Shaberg, Brian Sapir, Jim Hanft, the entire Sorenson family, Amanda Ramirez, Deanna De Silva, Jonathan Zadok, Juliet Roberts, Nick Jacobs, J Hart Wolf... the list "goes on and on and on..."!

And to everyone else who reads our blogs, listens to our music/podcasts, comes to the shows, and all that other fun stuff... THANK YOU from the bottom of our Peanut Hearts!! MORE THANKS to Bernard Overly of @Rockon365 (follow on Twitter! listen to his radio show!)-- YOU ARE SO MAGNIFIQUE!

On a personal note, I also just have to say a quick thanks to the following awesome people who have inspired me and are SO sweet and amazing: Ms. Britney Spears, Ms. Heidi Klum, Mr. Arsenio Hall, Mr. Vernon Kay, and last but nowhere near least, Mr. Wayne Brady... I wish you all the very best of luck with everything and hope our paths cross again soon! Thank you for proving that kind people are the ones who make it the farthest despite the way it may seem!

We are so sorry if we have left you out! Please know that we love every single one of you! Just bug us if we missed ya!

Love you all and see ya at the next show! Universal Bar & Grill at 10pm on December 28th!!!

Rage on,
the 'nuts

Universal Bar & Grill - "A Night of Giving Thanks" with TRP & Friends-- AMAZING! Viper Room VIDEO! Langdon Nation-- YEAH! Sam's B-day Party! Xyzyx!

2010-11-24T20:42:00.000-08:00

Ahoy-hoy! The Raging Peanuts here!

The Peanut Gallery is officially the BEST group of fands (friends/fans, coined by the merry and wise Matthew Gray Gubler) EVER!!!! You add SO MUCH to our shows and our lives!!! We cannot thank you all enough for your support and love!!!

The energy in the Universal Bar & Grill last night was positively ELECTRIC! Y'all were ready to RAGE and ready to LAUGH!! THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!

And truly, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you for bringing SO many great donations to help families in need!!!

There were so many amazing people there, and we're really hoping we haven't left anyone out here (or spelled their names wrong)... if so, spank Cory next time you see him!

First off, HUGE thanks to Kelly Ann at Universal Bar & Grill for allowing the Peanuts to take over the evening, and for being SO generous and loving and OUTSTANDING! We love Kelly Ann, Megan, and everyone at UBG!

We also cannot thank enough the wonderful artists who shared the stage with us! Nate Messina was incredible and charming, sharing covers and some original songs we're sure you'll soon see topping the lists on iTunes! In her first solo performance, the gorgeous and delightful Isabel Brazon proved (in case you didn't already know from her awesome work in PAPAFOAM!) that she was absolutely made for the stage, and the crowd couldn't help but fall in love with her!

Our amazing friend and neighbor, who happened to play for John Denver back in the day (ahem), DENNY BROOKS even played a set!!! And boy, was he on FIRE! Speaking of fire... SEAN SORENSON hit the stage as well!! Alongside Denny, Sean is, without a doubt, one of our heroes, and we are so honored to have played with him last night, to play with him at his brother, Sam's birthday party on Sunday, November 28th (see image below for details! Susanna Sorenson's throwing the party, and she got James Biskey, even JIM HANFT, and more AMAZING SURPRISES!!!).

We even got to share the bill with Sean at the VIPER ROOM on the 13th!! We are so lucky to know so many amazing musicians!!

Without further ado, BIG THANKS to the additional amazing individuals who helped make our "Night of Giving Thanks" extra special:

Mark Lee, Frank Howell, Tom Coz, Michael Hallmark, Joe Panameno, MT Letsinger of the terrific band Machine Empire (ps from Mary: I just saw them at Mr. T's-- they ROCKED! And Xyzyx melted my faaaace! I love these bands!!), Amanda Ramirez and her cool friend, PJ Chase, Richard Keith and roommate Sean, Major Lattimer and his lovely wife, Denny's friend Allen, Susanna Sorenson, Kristin Comfort and her cool brother John, Comedian RichietheC and his musician pal Gary, Julie Kreko, J. Hart Wolf and Nicky Jacobs (Rad Owners of the Glendon Bar and Kitchen, which we love, and they even donated drink coupons to our VIP gift bags at our Langdon Nation Red Carpet Birthday!), Gracie Lane, Kelly Morris, Phoebe Wu and 3 hot babes, Juan, Deuce Janisch, and gosh, so many more!!! We are so blessed to have all your support-- YOU ARE ALL TREMENDOUSLY AWESOME!!!! :D

And, of course, THANK YOU to everyone who sent their well-wishes, especially:

*Our wonderful families, without whom, we would not have the strength to follow our dreams!

*The face-melting boys of Xyzyx: hard-rockin' Johnny 'X' Baumgaertner, wonderful Adam 'Y' Sears, captivating David 'Z' Daskal, sickly talented Paully 'X' Baumgaertner, and special guest drummer, Kevin 'Y' Witucki, who also RULES (from Red Circle Underground): thank you for setting such a wonderful example and being SO kind, and thanks to your incredible fans for being so welcoming! We can't wait to hear your new recordings!! We can't stop listening to "Expendable (We're Not)"!!! Thanks again for the CD!

--Everyone should come see Xyzyx at The Roxy Theatre on December 4th, 10pm!! Go LIKE them on Facebook to share in the joy!

*Our AWESOME friends: Ashley Pierson, Fawziyya Fox, Derek Gales, Valeriy Cl0wnzee, Courtney Waters, Kristie Rose, Sheila Seño (another great Xyzyx fan!), Luke Bluske, Jesse Schmitt, Jaq Watson, Bill Mahoney, Haren Yong, Insanely Hilarious Comedian Skippy Simon, Stewart Shutler, Alex Bernstein, Randy Wang and Gina Grad of the Pretty Good Podcast (LOVE!), Adamacadocious and the Potcast Crew (including the lovely Danielle Garcia), and so many more!!!

As another gift to you on this lovely Thanksgiving, here is a little bit of our soon-to-be-famous mash-up of songs from the current Billboard Hot 100 Chart, live at that awesome Viper Room concert we mentioned!! After a li'l "Tik Tok"-- naturally! ;)

We LOVE that you can hear Langdon Bosarge so clearly!!!! He is also one of our heroes, and we are so blessed and happy to be a part of LANGDON NATION of HotTalkLA!!! We can't stop going on and on about our INCREDIBLE red carpet BASH to celebrate a year of living fabulously thanks to Langdon and his baby... the show.

In the latest episode of Langdon Nation, we have the WHOLE CREW in the studio for the first time!!!! AHHH!!

Tons o' people called in!! Melissa M. from Chill Pill!! Mark Lee from the Crysta Show!! President Obama and Sarah Palin! Ahhh-nold!!! Crazy show...

Aaaaand you don't want to miss Cory improvise a song with a certain celebrity right before her BIG birthday...

GO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD NOW FOR FREE!!

WE LOVE YOU!!! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Much love,
THE RAGING PEANUTS!

Langdon Nation Red Carpet 1st Anniversary Bash! James Kyson Lee (Heroes) on the show! The Raging Peanuts at the Viper Room! New show for FOX!

2010-11-20T00:59:00.000-08:00

Wow!

First of all, I have to tip my imaginary hat to my hero, Mr. Langdon Bosarge.

A year of a tremendous "big gay talk show" (as we so lovingly refer to LANGDON NATION in our theme song), tons of big-time guests with even bigger hearts that we have had the extreme pleasure of getting to know, and the love of a new family.

Our birthday party celebrates not only Langdon Nation, not only HotTalkLA, but the family that includes you, our listeners and supporters from around the world. We cannot thank you all enough for listening live on ErrorFM, subscribing to us on iTunes, and sharing all your sweet comments with us on Facebook, Twitter, and in person at our listener parties and concerts!

All my other many hats off to the lovely and talented crew of Langdon Nation: DoctaSlick/DD, Alfie Daniels, Bill Mahoney ("runs he board and the music drops, if he ain't home..." you know where he is!), Cory Pearman, and, special love to Mr. Vargus Mason, who co-hosted the first day we were on the show!! So many others... it's a big family! :) <3

Quick shout to Mr. Alex Bernstein, one of our favorite listeners, who drove and drove to celebrate with us at the event!! Thanks, Alex! Call in to the show on Sunday around 3:15ish if you can!! The number is DAD-THE-BUNS haha. That goes for everyone!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH to all the outrageously amazing comics for whom we had the honor of opening! Matthew Nouriel, Sarah Taylor, Jackie Monahan, the Nation's own Langdon Bosarge and Sheldon Anderson, Jen Kober, and Eric Hahn! And, of course, the woman behind it all and rockin' the mic the whole night, Tammy Jo Dearen and her great crew over at Cherry Bomb Inc. and Independent Comedy Productions!

And thousands upon millions of thanks to everyone who came to the show!!! I don't think I could possibly name you all, but you know who you are, and please know how much we love you!!!!!!!!!!!

I also want to warmly thank everyone who donated their time and efforts to making this event a huge success!! This includes, but is not limited to:

Our delightful and sassy intern, JonMichael Smith, Mark Lee (Crysta's intern and all-around fabulous human being), Tammy Jo Dearen (host with the most, organizer extraordinaire), the wonderful Kristie Rose (our bff who was sweet enough to do anything and everything to help set up!), our amazing videographer friends Luke Bluske and Richard Keith, and of course... Jack Sullivan and Sammy Phillips, without whom there would be no HotTalkLA.

Even the FABULOUS photographer (with the AMAZING accent), Michael Rutt, took time out of his busy schedule to take some fabulous photos of us on the red carpet and such!! Check this one out now, and watch Facebook for more!

Langdon, thank you so much for allowing the Peanuts to be part of something so special. WE LOVE YOU, MAN!!

"Rockstars" SEASON 2 is underway, and my darling friend Kristie Rose has been working with me on not only that, but also several TV shows, including a new one for FOX starring the hilarious Kevin Pollack! And that's all I can say for now... confidentiality agreements... haha. ;)

I also had the UTMOST PLEASURE of chatting with Bill Mahoney live on his awesome radio program, BILL SHOW! Y'all should check it out! He even played THE RAGING PEANUTS... aaaaand... my poppish folk-rcck song, "Come Home"!!!!! Seriously... he's THE MAN. >Check it out.

The Raging Peanuts also recently hit the Viper Room for what proved to be one of the best shows ever!! What great energy we received from the crowd!! WOW! Thank you SO MUCH for being there and raging with us!!! We even got to share the bill with our incredibly talented friend, Sean Sorenson, to celebrate his return to live music! WE ALL MISSED YOU, SEAN! We're stealing him again soon... watch FB for details!

We also debuted our new Billboard Hot 100 MASH-UP, "A Moment in Time (Put Your Hands Up)"!!! THEN we got to play it on LANGDON NATION the following morning! It consists of somewhere around 20 of the most party-rific songs charting on the Hot 100 right now!

You can hear it for FREE right now, and hear all about our crazy rockstar night!

NOT TO MENTION...... AHHHHH! JAMES KYSON LEE FROM one of the best shows ever, "HEROES"!!!! ON OUR SHOW!!!!! Go listen now for free!! :D

http://bit.ly/ineedahero

ROCK ON, NATION!

Launching Darioush Restaurant in Beverly Hills!!

2010-11-12T00:46:00.000-08:00

Hey, wonderful people! I've recently had the tremendous opportunity to help an amazing Chef, Darioush Danesh, realize his vision on Restaurant Row in Beverly Hills!! I am currently seeking all kinds of help, but as soon as possible, we'd LOVE to get together a trio of musicians to do jazzy, upbeat, FREESTYLE (YEAH!) music on our patio (totally open to lots of foot traffic on La Cienega, plus lovely incentives on our side). Please contact me if you would like to throw your hat in the ring before I open it up to the public (I'd SO rather have someone I already trust), or if you have any friends who would like this opportunity!! Thank you all so much for your support and love!!

The Raging Peanuts at the Viper Room, Universal Bar & Grill, Red Carpet Anniversary Concert for Langdon Nation, and more!!

2010-11-09T00:57:00.000-08:00

Wow, so many things are happening!

First off, on behalf of the Raging Peanuts, I want to extend a HUGE thanks to all our amazing fans... You add SO much to our shows, really-- they just wouldn't be the same without your awesome laughter and much appreciated cheers and applause! YOU ROCK!!

I dub thee "THE PEANUT GALLERY"!!!

And a super special thanks to my best friend, Katie Walker, the first big supporter of the Peanuts. I was lucky enough to have her come visit to celebrate our birthdays recently, and it was amazing! We ate at our favorite restaurant, ma-ma-ma-Mao's in Venice, did a *special* photo shoot at the observatory, and got into a whole lotta trouble-- including a Peanuts show at our old stompin' ground, Liquid Zoo! We love you and miss you so much, Katie!! Move back to LA!!!

We'd also like to say thank you to our family at Hot Talk LA, especially the host of our show, Mr. Langdon Bosarge!!

Langdon Nation turns 1 this month, and we're celebrating RED CARPET STYLE at the Palms with a big ol' comedy show (and you best bet we'll be playing!!).

We are also currently in production for season 2 of our web series, "ROCKSTARS"!! Langdon's going to join us, along with a lot of other top tier talent! WATCH OUT!

Tonight we had a rehearsal for our big show at the Viper Room this Saturday with our rad friend, Sean Sorenson. We love that guy. He's SO talented, and SO cool. And guess what... we wrote a hilarious song together!!!

Our brand new Billboard Hot 100 Mash-up debuts at the Viper Room as well-- you won't want to miss it!!

Viper Room!! Save $5 with a copy of the flyer! We even made it printer-friendly for ya!

We also have TWO more shows at our beloved Universal Bar & Grill coming up in December, on the 8th and 18th.

So if you're in the LA area, come on out and rage with the Peanuts!! You won't regret it! :)

Thanks for reading-- party on!

Jon Lovitz Comedy Club Universal Hollywood Live Behind the Scenes Footage: THE RAGING PEANUTS COMEDY BAND

2010-10-16T18:57:00.000-07:00

It's THE RAGING PEANUTS gettin' ready to ROCK the Jon Lovitz Comedy Club!!!

Acting on TV including "Mad Men"! "MORE COWBELL!!! An SNL Musical!" in Hollywood! Super bad comedy band, THE RAGING PEANUTS Video: "Shots" (LMFAO)!

2010-08-31T23:34:00.000-07:00

Wow! 2010 has been such a whirlwind! I've been so lucky to spend SO much time on TV sets this year-- YAY! I can't even believe it! :)

Most importantly, my OUTRAGEOUSLY RAD sister, Elisabeth, recently married the love of her life, Calvin Doorlag!! YAAAAAAY, DOORLAGS! :) Congratulations, and thanks for inviting the whole fam along on the cruisin' honeymoon! WHOAH! What a week!

Just a few days later, the episode of "Mad Men" I appeared on aired! It is always so cool to see and hear yourself on TV! I hope everyone who wants that gets it... soon! :) I just can't get over it. Call me obsessed, but I LOVE TV! July was a beautiful month full of 12-14 hour days making TV magic... I miss it already! :)

Today I had the pleasure of attending the "Married to Rock" Fashion Show in LA, and had such a blast!! And the other day, my totally tubular comedy band played a show at Universal Bar and Grill!

"Old Hollywood in the Valley!" * That's their slogan, and I ADORE IT! :)

Here's a video of us singing our acoustic arrangement of "Shots" by LMFAO ft. Lil Jon, as well as our original funny song, "Skinny Pants"! :)

And billions of thanks to all who came out for the "Saturday Night Live" Musical I was in!!!!! I had SOOOOOO much fun, and met SUCH talented people that I know I will work with and love forever!!! :)

One of whom happens to be the INSANELY talented Miss Kristie ROOOOOOOOSSSSSSSE!!! Gotta say it in your head like Oprah. ;) She and I have since had the pleasure of appearing on numerous TV shows together! Hooray for Hollywood! ;)

Please visit her new and HOT website, kristierosek.com!

Thank you all so much for reading! I hope you're having fun in life! Please remember, even when things seem tough, there ARE great things going on! Try blogging about it... they'll make themselves apparent. ;) <3

Musical Theatre LA-> "MORE COWBELL!!! An SNL Musical!" Hollywood Fight Club Theatre! "Dick in a Box"!

2010-05-18T15:33:00.000-07:00

I am so happy!

I just got home from my very first rehearsal for "MORE COWBELL!!! An SNL Musical" at the Hollywood Fight Club Theatre, and it was AWESOME!!

My wonderful director, Mike Bagood, is SO super cool, and was so insanely nice to me!

We hadn't really decided which roles I would play, because I somehow finagled the part without auditioning (hehee... I was filming "Mad Men" during auditions!).

You will never guess which songs I get to do...

"Dick in a Box"!!! "Motherlover"!!! AND hopefully LUNCHLADY LAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There is another actor in the production up for the Adam Sandler role, but I'm going to learn the guitar part after our Raging Peanuts Comedic Concert at the Jon Lovitz Comedy Club tonight!

Wish me many broken legs!! Hehee. :)

The show goes up June 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th at 8:00pm!! Buy your tickets from WhoIsMary.Com early before they sell out (it's a very intimate theater)!! :)

I'm inviting all the "Glee" Casting Folks, so you KNOW I'm bringin' my A Game!! Hehee. I heard "Glee" Audition Callbacks start June 1st...

Thank you all SO MUCH for your amazing support!!

"Mad Men" Shoot RULED! "Glee" Auditions, YAY! AND I booked AN "SNL" MUSICAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-05-15T04:25:00.000-07:00

WOW!!!!

I love life! Haha. :)

Today was absolutely incredible. I have never been on a set with SO MANY smiling people! Everyone at Mad Men made me feel so at home... from the super cool costumers who fitted me with the CUTEST outfits to all those runnin' the show today!

Mad Men really gives their actors the STAR TREATMENT!!!! I got my nails done, a Big Time Hollywood Haircut, and TONS of AMAZING catered cuisine!!!

My sublime makeup artist, Margie, was SOOO magnificent and hilarious! I tried googling her, and... eep! She just MIGHT be an EMMY-NOMINATED MAKEUP ARTIST!!!!! :O! FOR Sex and the City!!!!!

"Now, your character has been partying for a... WHILE... so I have to make you look pretty disheveled. But don't worry, I'll still make you pretty!"

Like I said, best crew in the biz. :) :) :)

Now, let me tell you, there is NOTHING like being on a set where they go ALL OUT to really set the scene.

This episode of Mad Men takes place in the COOLEST beatnik-style artist's loft you've ever seen! The lighting crew... oh, wow. They meticulously changed the gels to beautiful reds, and we were constantly enveloped by soft glows... (they sprayed the bulbs to dull the shine).

WHAT A SET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Deep in the industrial side of LA lies a gorgeous gem of a building... my new friend, Joe, who played my boyfriend on this episode of Mad Men, kept commenting that he really wanted to live there!

It's true... it was awesome. And my other new friend, Ben (who has a HUGE role on this episode), actually GOT to live there! His character, anyway... or maybe he doesn't live there and just throws rad parties involving roaches... ;)

Speaking of roaches, the Props Crew also amazes me! They had ACTUAL PERIOD glassware for our "adult beverages" haha. AND herbal cigarettes for those of us with that "special skill" on our acting resumes (ha!). I only smoked in one of my scenes, yet still managed to go through SEVEN herbal cigarettes!

My voice is mad at me... but I'll do nearly anything for my craft. ;D

I can't give away too much, but I had a SUCH a blast. It was so easy to fall into character with all the help from the BEST CREW I've ever worked with!!!!

I can't say it enough... the Mad Men cast and crew are the sweetest, most genuinely nice people I've ever worked with! Not to downplay my SUPER DUPER AWESOME friends, Kerry O'Quinn et al, who worked on Queerantine!! I love you all, but DANG, did I ever feel special this week!!!! ;D

Listen for my BIG DRAMATIC LINE on Mad Men... "OHHHH MYYYY GODDDDD!!!!"

It's kind of a shout-out... back in the day, I discovered from the chefs at Old Country Buffet that their mashed potatoes were vegan!

Whenever we dined there growing up, I would take nothing but a huge plate of these vegan mashed potatoes.

I was walking back to our table with said plate once, and an old lady stared at it in shock and disbelief...

She said, slowly, "Ohhhhhh myyyyy GO-O-O-O-ODDDDD!"

Nice.

Now, please join me in a prayer (or something like it), that I don't "end up on the cutting room floor" for Mad Men!!!! You just NEVER KNOW!!!!!

Thank you so much!!!! <3

OH! And my new super cool and funny friend, Chet Cannon, from The Real World: Brooklyn, worked on this episode, too!

This marks the second time I've acted in a SAG Production with a former Real World Cast Member!! The first was with Trishelle Cannatella on our movie, Ninja Cheerleaders!! :)

Randomly, I've also worked on SEVERAL MTV productions, and was even up for the title role of their original series, Kaya!! That would have been SO AMAZINGLY FUN! Bummer.

Ninja Cheerleaders Cheering Up a STORM!

AND NOWWWWWW, the moment you've all been waiting for since yesterday... ;)

MY SUPER BIG NEWS!!!!

I submitted for a project on LA Casting that I was SOOOOOO excited for!

They called me in, but the auditions were during my Mad Men Filming!!!!

So the Director offered me the role over the phone... with NO AUDITION!!!

OMG!

Wait, wait... it gets better...

It's a MUSICAL at the HOLLYWOOD FIGHT CLUB THEATRE based on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!

AND IT'S CALLED MORE COWBELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Serendipity!!!!!!!!!

I've always known I belong on SNL! This is one more AWESOME step in that direction!!!!!

I'M SOOOOOO EXCITED TO START REHEARSALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D

Okay, gotta stop rambling like Mary Sue... my Glee Character... nice transition, eh?

"Glee Audition Update! No Callbacks Yet... Avril Lavigne, Abbey Dawn, Rachel Berry, Julia Roberts!"

Catch up on Twitter's @MarySueGLEE's adventures!!!! http://www.gleerio.com - Go listen to the free streaming mp3 of my new single, "'Glee' Wannabe" before it hits iTunes (in about a week)!!! :)

"Glee Wannabe" to Gleerio!!! "Glee" Audition Callbacks WILL Bring Mary Sue to Cheerio and Glee Star Status!!!

THANKS FOR READING AND SUPPORTING AND BEING RADICAL!!!!!! :D

Off to Michigan, PLEASE give my "Glee" Audition Video GOLD STARS to help me become THE NEXT "GLEE" CAST MEMBER!!!! :)

2010-04-23T03:06:00.000-07:00

YAY! The time is here!!!

PLEASE give me GOLD STARS!!!

GET ME ON "GLEE" PLEASE!!

"Tik Tok" LIVE on Langdon Nation-- HIT PODCAST!!! HotTalkLA Video from the Raging Peanuts! Kesha was on our future show, SNL!

2010-04-22T01:22:00.000-07:00

Ke$ha on SNL?? How about the Raging Peanuts?? Seen in this video on the AMAZING hit podcast LANGDON NATION from HotTalkLA!!!!!!!!!

HotTalkLA Interview & Performance! The Raging Peanuts Concert!

2010-04-21T15:53:00.001-07:00

Prince o' Whales Concert!

That's right, ladies and gentlemen... I got to be on Langdon Nation-- one of my FAVORITE podcasts!!! We had SO MUCH FUN!!!

You can listen free on iTunes or at HotTalkLA's website!

"Don't you just love a good Monkey?" :)

We all went to Mexicali after the show!

Langdon Bosarge, Randy Wang, and Brian Whitman-- awesome dudes!!

We also got to open for our buddy Nice Peter at Prince o' Whales in Playa del Rey!!! After the show, Pete and I had a live jam sesh and improvised crazy music for a bit. What a fantastic time!!!

I've also decided to try doing my "Glee" Audition Song on guitar instead of piano. It sounds pretty cool, but it's a hard song!! "Can't Fight This Feeling," baby!

VIDEOS from both our Langdon Nation Appearance AND our concert with Nice Peter are coming soooooooon!!!! :)

New blog!!

2010-04-17T02:34:00.000-07:00

Woohoo!

So... I was using WordPress, but tried Blogger for my "Glee" Audition Blog and fell in love!!

"I made the switch!"

Haha.

Today I was lucky enough to sit in on "Uncle" Denny's voice-over session for Arco-- "straight up gas!" and it was so cool!! Very inspiring!

I'm exhausted from work at the restaurant and practicing "Can't Fight This Feeling" (on keyboard + singing) over and over and over again! I caught up on some Hot Talk LA and posted a few videos of us singing at karaoke earlier this week!! :)

Randy Wang, ladies and gentlemen!!

"Can't Fight This Feeling" -- Me!

Brian Whitman, you ARE a disco duck!! Woo!!

Time for rest. Anyone reading this is totally amazing! :)